Younited Cultures celebrates migration through storytelling accessories. These are not just products, but stories about the beauty of cultures. Discover the people and the values behind the products and let’s make visible the positive side of migration!
“My best moment in Austria was in June, this year, at TEDxDonauinsel. I was attending the event as a speaker, talking about what makes my heart beat. At the end of my talk I asked the audience to write down on a piece of paper: what makes their heart beat. Out of those words, ranging…
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“I’ve never been to Vienna before. I applied for my studies, I got a dormitory room and we flew from Turkey, me and my mom. The first time in Vienna I was thinking oh my God, this is so amazing; I will be spending 3 years here. But I gave the wrong address to the…
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“I like the freedom I have in Austria. I can do whatever I want and I do not really have boundaries. Right now I see the Austrian culture not as a pure Austrian culture but as a multicultural environment. It doesn’t matter where you come from. Now in my university and also in the working…
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“I like everything about Austria. There’s not one single thing you can pinpoint. You have the mountains there, the city here. My wife, my work and, my home is here. I think Austrians are less stressed than people in Canada or Germany. Life is busy but I think they are just more relaxed. They definately…
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“After I finished university, for some reason, I really wanted to get out of Vienna. I thought I am so young and I want to travel, I don’t really want to settle here. So I went to Tunisia for a few months, I went to India, then to Germany, then I did a masters in…
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“Being an immigrant is not always everything great, you have of course challenges. The main thing to consider is to have your motivation clear: why you are coming here, what you would like to do later on. Secondly, if you want to get involved with locals, join voluntary associations: you can meet people and do…
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I have a Russian name but I was born and raised in Tyrol. My grandmother was Italian. During the First World War she was working, because back then women needed to work. She didn’t speak a word of German and then she met my grandfather in Innsbruck, who was an Austrian soldier in the war. They couldn’t speak to each other but they fell in love. Love is international....
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I don’t consider myself a migrant. Vienna feels like the right place. Last year on my birthday I really felt like this is home for me. I was surrounded by amazing people and I had this realization that I managed to build a whole life for myself here, in a short time....
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